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Sensor data is provided relative to the device's fixed sensor coordinate system, and is independent of display orientation. For applications that rely on sensor data for input control or to manipulate elements on the screen, the developer must take current display orientation into account and compensate the data appropriately. For more info about the sensor coordinate system, see Sensor data and display orientation.

The following example demonstrates how a Windows Store app built with XAML and C# uses the GetDefault method to establish a connection to a gyrometer. If no integrated gyrometer is found, the method will return a null value.